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Dinsmore & Shohl Partners with Two Veteran Investment Bankers to Form Great Water Capital Partners, LLC

The Cincinnati-based investment bank will serve emerging growth and middle market companies

(CINCINNATI) Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Robert H. Weisman and W. Davis Griffin announce the formation of Great Water Capital Partners, LLC, an investment bank serving emerging growth and middle market companies.

Great Water Capital Partners has extensive experience in sell side advisory, acquisition advisory, recapitalizations, management buyouts, institutional private equity and debt financings and fairness opinions. It's partners have completed over 100 transactions representing over $5 billion in transaction value.

“Dinsmore & Shohl is delighted to partner with Bob and Davis. They bring the highest level of integrity and creativity to highly complex situations and have an outstanding track record of providing objective strategic and financial advice to their clients," said George Vincent, Chair, Corporate Practice Group, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP.

Biographies
Robert H. Weisman founded Great Water Capital Partners' predecessor, D&S Capital Advisors LLC, in 2001. A seasoned corporate finance executive, Mr. Weisman has over 20 years experience in investment and merchant banking as a senior banker with Minneapolis-based Dain Bosworth (now RBC Capital Markets), FBS Merchant Bank (now US Bancorp), Columbus-based Banc One Capital and McDonald Investments. His professional accomplishments include heading FBS Merchant Bank's Mergers and Acquisitions Group and founding the Technology Group at McDonald Investments. Mr. Weisman received his B.A. with Honors in Economics from Cornell University, his J.D. from the Harvard Law School and was a Fulbright Scholar. Weisman has served as director of numerous public and private company boards.

W. Davis Griffin recently returned to his native Cincinnati and joins Great Water Capital Partners after an 11 year career as an investment banker in New York City. He was most recently a senior banker with Lehman Brothers Global Healthcare Group, where he advised a wide array of services, product and technology businesses. Previously, he worked for Bear Stearns and Smith Barney. Mr. Griffin received his M.B.A. from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia and his B.A. from Colgate University with Honors in Mathematical Economics.

About Great Water Capital Partners, LLC
Great Water Capital Partners, LLC is a boutique investment bank committed to supporting emerging growth and middle market companies with unparalleled service and integrity. For additional information, visit www.greatwatercapital.com.

About Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Founded in 1908, Dinsmore & Shohl is a full service law firm with more than 280 attorneys who counsel clients on a local, regional, national and international basis. The Firm has offices in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Dayton, Ohio; Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky; Charleston, West Virginia; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For additional information, visit www.dinslaw.com.